The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 79
... cast made of it and drew it in the Revue Archéo- logique , 1845 , pp . 16 , 17 . Parthenon , p . 139. He claims that metopes 24 and 25 represent a consecu- tive scene from the Iliupersis , the xoanon being the image of Athenè , the two ...
... cast made of it and drew it in the Revue Archéo- logique , 1845 , pp . 16 , 17 . Parthenon , p . 139. He claims that metopes 24 and 25 represent a consecu- tive scene from the Iliupersis , the xoanon being the image of Athenè , the two ...
Page 86
... cast of the slab immediately preceding this one . Very fortunately so , because that slab was subsequently much destroyed . One figure of an old man , 46 , was chipped off entirely ; other parts were broken off and split in pieces . A ...
... cast of the slab immediately preceding this one . Very fortunately so , because that slab was subsequently much destroyed . One figure of an old man , 46 , was chipped off entirely ; other parts were broken off and split in pieces . A ...
Page 87
... Casts of these and of many smaller pieces which have been recovered in comparatively recent years from all sorts of odd places will be found let into their true positions among the original marbles in the Museum , as shown in our plate ...
... Casts of these and of many smaller pieces which have been recovered in comparatively recent years from all sorts of odd places will be found let into their true positions among the original marbles in the Museum , as shown in our plate ...
Page 121
... cast is inserted in its proper place , we observe that the draperies are rendered with the utmost refinement , the folds being kept flat and arranged with scrupulous attention . R On the next following slab they are comparatively rough ...
... cast is inserted in its proper place , we observe that the draperies are rendered with the utmost refinement , the folds being kept flat and arranged with scrupulous attention . R On the next following slab they are comparatively rough ...
Page 139
... cast into prison . It is said that he died in prison , but that is a point on which there is uncertainty . Centuries afterwards the story of Pheidias and the portraits was well known , as we see from grave writers like Cicero , and we ...
... cast into prison . It is said that he died in prison , but that is a point on which there is uncertainty . Centuries afterwards the story of Pheidias and the portraits was well known , as we see from grave writers like Cicero , and we ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes angle Aphroditè apobates appear artistic Athenè Athenians attitude beauty birth of Athenè body British Museum Carrey's drawing carry cast Cecrops Centaur Centaurs and Lapiths central group central metopes centre chariot chariot group chiton colossal composition cows deities drapery east frieze effect Elgin Room Ergastinae figure folds fore leg front girls goddess gods gold and ivory Greek head helmet Hephaestos Hera horses Ilissos Illustrations instances knee Lapith left arm left hand long sides Lord Elgin mantle marble Michaelis nearer north frieze north side nude form Olympia Olympos original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator statuette temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus Zeus at Olympia
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Page 118 - I trust, from ever forgetting—what is meant by the virtue of handling in sculpture. The projection of the heads of the four horses, one behind the other, is certainly not more, altogether, than three-quarters of an inch from the flat ground, and the one in front does not in reality project more than the one behind it, yet, by mere drawing,* you see the sculptor has got them to appear to recede in due order, and by the soft rounding of the flesh surfaces, and modulation of the veins, he has taken...
Page 1 - WHEN the Parthenon stood forth complete on the Acropolis of Athens in or about the year 438 BC, there was no other building in the whole of Greece comparable even in the mere extent and variety of its sculptures.1 Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length sculptured all along with figures nearly half life size, in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more, the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail. Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of...
Page 2 - ... workmanship. Within each of the two pediments or gables was an immense group of statues, the smallest equal to life size, the central figures colossal. Lastly, inside the Parthenon was the stupendous statue of Athene herself in gold and ivory by Pheidias. It was he who directed the whole of the...
Page 1 - B. c., there was no other building in the whole of Greece comparable even in the mere extent and variety of its sculptures.1 Imagine a frieze 522 feet in length sculptured all along with figures nearly half life-size, in many parts densely crowded till the marble could carry no more, the whole in very low relief and executed with marvellous detail. Above the columns externally and round all the four sides of the temple were ninety-two metopes, each consisting of a group of two figures two-thirds...